Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) recently announced a number of Board-approved enhancements to racing and grading. The first stage of the rollout of these changes will happen Tuesday 3 June in the afternoon and will come into effect this Wednesday 4 June.

The five changes that will be implemented this week are:

1.    Special Event/Group Grading Policy
2.    Weighted Points Table:- Race Types and Ranking Points allocated
3.    Upgrading: 10 Full Stakes Wins
4.    Grading Guideline 1.3: 6 greyhound Fields 595m plus Metro Category 1
5.    Novice Grading outlined and implemented

Details of each change:

GROUP RACE / SPECIAL EVENT GRADING
For all Group Races and Special Events higher graded dogs (Grades 1-3) will be included first, with the remaining Grade 4 and Grade 5 greyhounds selected based on their current ranking. Clubs will now select which ‘Selection method’ is to be applied – ‘Seeded/Guarded/Random’ or ‘Random/Guarded’

WEIGHTED POINTS TABLE
Cap number of points allocated at fifth place for lower graded and Maidens races

Example:

Changes to the points allocated for some race results in the respective grades

·         Maiden Semi Final now equals a Maiden Final and not Maiden Heat.

·         Provincial X45 now equals a GR4 not GR5.

·         All Maiden Meeting now equals T3-M not T3-5 or M

Trainers please note: Greyhounds rankings will in most cases be altered with the new rankings being applied for all meetings graded from Wednesday 4 June onwards.

UPGRADING
Greyhounds will now be considered for an upgrade to Grade 4 at all Provincial meetings if they have won 10 Full Stakes races, 4 Metro Wins, and have won $25,000 or more (excluding GOBIS /VBIS bonuses).

UPDATE TO GRADING GUIDELINES
Change to Grading Guidelines(GG): GG 1.3: For any Category 1 595m plus events in Level 4 of the weighted points score table, a minimum of six (6) nominations are required to conduct that event.

NOVICE GRADING
Novice grading to incorporate highest ranked Grade 5’s as determined by GRV Grader followed by the best-performed Maidens.

Grading Changes Explained:

1. BIG OWNER TRAINER:

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2. GRADING GUIDELINES:

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3. METRO NON-PENALTY MEETINGS:

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4. OVERALL GRADING:

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5. SPECIAL EVENT GROUP GRADING POLICY:

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6. TIER 3 RACING:

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7. UPGRADING:

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8. WEIGHTED POINTS TABLE:

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